Elma swinhoei (H. Adams, 1866)

Hwang, Chung-Chi, 2014, Annotated type catalogue of land snails collected from Taiwan (Formosa) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 428, pp. 1-28 : 10-11

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scientific name	Elma swinhoei (H. Adams, 1866)
status

Treatment

Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Streptaxidae

Elma swinhoei (H. Adams, 1866) View in CoL Figure 2C

Ennea (Elma) swinhoei H. Adams, 1866: 317-318, pl. 33 fig. 8.

Elma swinhoei , Kuroda 1941: 148.

Type locality.

Tamsui, Formosa [Danshui, New Taipei City] (Swinhoe)

Material examined.

Lectotype. Formosa, coll. Swinhoe (NHMUK 1866.5.9.14/1), new designation, 15.7 × 6.1 mm, whorls 9.

Paralectotypes. Formosa, coll. Swinhoe (NHMUK 1866.5.9.14/2-3, 2 shells). Tamsui, Formosa, coll. Swinhoe, from collection of H. Adams (NHMUK 1878.1.28.30, 3 shells).

Remarks.

The largest specimen corresponds well in size with the measurements of Adams (1866). It is here selected as the lectotype for the stabilization of the name ( ICZN 1999: Art. 74).